Well the latest Transformers made a boat load of money too. Box office is not really a good gauge of a films quality. I really liked Guardians of the Galaxy. It turned out a lot better than the trailers would lead you to believe. But it's not nearly as good as say The Avengers. The Avengers had the advantage of a stronger more developed villain with Loki. The villain of GOTG really had little or no character development. Every time Ronan appears on scene it's an exposition dump. I kept thinking when they cut to Ronan "meanwhile on planet exposition". Loki, on the other hand, also has exposition scenes but his character moments are so delicious that it doesn't feel like a forced spoonful of exposition.

Well the latest Transformers made a boat load of money too. Box office is not really a good gauge of a films quality. I really liked Guardians of the Galaxy. It turned out a lot better than the trailers would lead you to believe. But it's not nearly as good as say The Avengers. The Avengers had the advantage of a stronger more developed villain with Loki. The villain of GOTG really had little or no character development. Every time Ronan appears on scene it's an exposition dump. I kept thinking when they cut to Ronan "meanwhile on planet exposition". Loki, on the other hand, also has exposition scenes but his character moments are so delicious that it doesn't feel like a forced spoonful of exposition.

In defense of Guardians of the Galaxy, the film was tasked with opening up the MCU to the actual universe. It's the first film in the MCU that actually starts tying the little things together that will have a huge impact in Phase 3. Ronan seemed like he was supposed to be an example of how badly things could get if the wrong person possessed all of the infinity gems. The character of Ronan seemed like a cautionary tale. Of course, we will see this come to fruition once Thanos gets them. Also, Ronan didn't have an entire previous moment to develop Loki like The Avengers did with the first Thor movie.

Evans has really grown into this role that I can't see anyone else but him as Steve Rogers - Captain America and it appears a lot of critics feel this way about him as you read reviews their reviews of this film. Chris has most definitely earned his stars and stripes as The Star Spangled Man with a Plan. I really was moved by his " The Price Of Freedom Is High but it's a price I'm willing to pay." speech you could sense the conviction that he really meant that and it wasn't just a script reading dialogue.Cap is a Super Soldier he's also the best tactician fighter in the MCU. I'm glad The Winter Soldier up his game now let's hope Avengers: Age of Ultron takes even further.

Those fight sequences between Cap vs. The Winter Soldier was mind blowing, I couldn't believe how much the combat was visual stunning and how emotional the climactic battle where Bucky beats the living crap out of Steve until he remembers him slightly based on the line he refers to him. I was tearing up emotionally when he was fighting him.